Mitchell dawes



(No Model.)

M DAWES.

GLASS HOLDER.

No. 556,337! Patented Mar. 1'7, 1896.

w m m mm ANDREW B GRAHAM.FHOTO-UTNQWASHINGTDNJ C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MITCHELL DAlVES, OF SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ELIZABETH R. DAIVES, OF SAME PLACE.

GLASS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 556,337, dated March 17, 1896.

Application filed November 9, 1895. SerialNo. 568,399. (No model.)

ToaZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MITCHELL DAWES,a citizen of the United States, residing at Sangerties, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Glass-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to drinking glass holders such as are commonly in use at sodawater fountains.

Holders of this character as heretofore constructed are comparatively expensive, and the construction is such that they are easily broken or damaged to such an extent that they become useless. Furthermore, holders of ornamental construction have so many re cesses which afford lodging-places for dirt that they are quite difficult to cleanse.

The object of my invention is to overcome these objections, and in carrying my invention into effect I produce a glass-holder of a single strip of metal or wire by coiling the same into suitable shape to receive a glass, one end of the strip or wire being shaped into a handle and the other end being used as the base. A holder constructed in this manner can be easily and cheaply made, will not retain dirt and smut, as in the constructions heretofore used, and can be easily and quickly cleaned.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 illustrates a glass-holder made of a single piece of wire; and Fig. 2 illustrates a portion of the holder,showing a modified form.

In the drawings, A illustrates a glass, and B the holder made of a strip of metal or wire. In producing the holder one end of the strip of metal or wire is shapedintoa suitable base a, either of circular or other form, and from the base the wire is wound spirally into an The handle 0 is preferably made of such length and shape that its lower end 0 will form a foot giving additional support.

A holder thus constructed will be extremely light compared to the holders heretofore in use and will not as readily become damaged.

In the form shown in Fig. 2 the end of the wire which forms the handle is carried under the upper turn I) of the wire,which produces a more rigid structure.

I claim-- 1. A glass-holder, comprisingabase, abody portion for receiving a glass Wound as a spi ral, and a handle, constructed from a single piece of strip metal or wire, substantially as set forth.

2. A glass-holder, constructed from strip metal or wire, and comprising a base, a body portion for receiving a glass wound as a spiral, and a handle provided with a foot for giving additional support, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 31st day of October, 1895.

MITCHELL DAWES. Witnesses EUGENE L. WEAVER, EUGENE L. MYER. 

